CBMS TIANANMEN SQUARE

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Across
  1. 2. capital city of China
  2. 4. The Chinese ________________ has never acknowledged the true events surrounding the Tiananmen massacre. It remains a contentious topic in China, with authorities banning all mention of the protest even today.
  3. 6. Made primarily from Styrofoam and plaster, the huge figure was built to symbolize the spirit of democracy and to oppose Mao Zedong’s communist authoritarian ideology. On the morning of June 4, after troops had entered the square to clear protesters by force, a military vehicle toppled the statue. It was later demolished and removed.
  4. 8. The temporary substitution of military authority for civilian rule and is usually invoked in times of war, rebellion, or natural disaster.
  5. 12. The number of protestors that gathered in the square was estimated to be _______________ .
  6. 13. Protest movement began after the death of this Communist Party leader.
  7. 15. The suppression of words, images, or ideas that are "offensive," happens whenever some people succeed in imposing their personal political or moral values on others. This suppression can be carried out by the government as well as private pressure groups.
  8. 16. It is an imperial palace complex of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368–1912) in Beijing, China. Location of the Tiananmen Square protests.
  9. 17. The number of weeks the protests lasted until the crackdown.
Down
  1. 1. The ________________ , mostly students, based in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, were peacefully calling for political and economic reform. In response, the Chinese authorities responded with overwhelming force to repress the demonstrations.
  2. 3. The students began to demand more _______________ reforms.
  3. 5. means “gate of heavenly peace”
  4. 7. This group was responsible for beginning the pro-democracy protests in the square.
  5. 9. An unidentified Chinese man who managed momentarily to stop a convoy of tanks leaving the square on June 5. His gesture has since become an enduring symbol of the bloody uprising in Beijing.
  6. 10. an action by an authority to stop something; to take strong action especially to control or put down
  7. 11. The protests were halted in a deadly crackdown, known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre, by the Chinese government on ____ 4 and 5, 1989.
  8. 12. The act or an instance of killing a number of usually helpless or unresisting human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty.
  9. 14. The Tiananmen Square protests were student-led demonstrations in 1989 calling for democracy, ____ speech and a ____ press in China.